Issue #186 | 2 April 2012

…we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size... More.

Today we join with our brothers and sisters from other islands and polar regions through the Many Strong Voices programme — a network of individuals and communities in the Arctic and SIDS connecting for strategic action on climate change mitigation and adaptation. More.

Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuit environment, culture and human rights advocate, and former political leader, Ronald Jumeau, Seychelles Ambassador for Climate Change and Small Island Developing State Issues

30 March 2012: During a series of meetings over 13 days, the CITES scientific committees addressed, inter alia, periodic review, shark issues and collaboration with FAO, NDFs and timber issues. They also recommended that the second IPBES meeting should clarify CITES participation mechanisms in IPBES. More.

29 March 2012: The biannual meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was held on the sidelines of the 2012 Planet Under Pressure Conference. More.

27 March 2012: Delegates resumed their discussions on the outcome document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) during back-to-back meetings from 19-27 March 2012, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. More.